|
|
|
Name*
Feast
Day** |
May
have lived
to age... (approx.) |
Attributes
may include... |
|
St.
Eugendus
January
1 |
61 |
Abbot;
Mortifications, almost continual prayer |
|
St.
Fulgentius
January
1 |
65 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Virtues, mortifications |
|
St. Gregory Nazianzus the Elder
January
1 |
98 |
Bishop
& Confessor; All his children became saints |
|
St.
Mochua (Cuan)
January
1
|
99 |
Abbot;
"Model
of perfection", founded many churches and monasteries |
|
St.
Odilo of Cluny (Olon)
January
1
|
87 |
Abbot;
Austerities, care for the poor, contemplation, feast of All Soul's
Day, devotion to the Incarnation and the Blessed Virgin |
|
St.
Adalard (Adelard)
January
2
|
73 |
Abbot
& Confessor; Humility, virtue |
|
St.
Basil
January
2 |
50 |
Archbishop
& Doctor of the Church; Fought Arianism, preaching, helped the
sick & poor, fought simony, holiness, writings |
|
St.
Caspar del Bufalo
January
2 |
51 |
Missionary
and charitable works, founded a missionary congregation |
|
St.
Eustochia Calafato
January
2 |
57 |
Piety,
assistance to the poor, penances, austerities |
|
St.
Macarius of Alexandria (Macarius the Younger)
January
2
|
"old
age" |
Anchoret;
Contemplation,
penance, virtue, extraordinary austerities, miracles |
|
St.
Genevieve
January
3
|
78 |
Virgin:
Prayer, mortification |
|
St.
Gregory of Langres
January
4 |
"old
age" |
Widower
& Bishop; Conversion, pastoral labors, assiduous prayer,
mortification, holiness |
|
St.
Simeon Stylites
January
5 |
69 |
Monk
& Hermit; Holiness, preaching, severe mortifications. Lived on
top of a pillar for many years |
|
St.
Syncletica
January
5
|
84 |
Virgin;
Virtues,
mortification, prayer, patient suffering |
|
St. John de Ribera
January
6 |
79 |
Bishop;
Served for more than forty years |
|
St.
Aldric
January
7 |
56 |
Bishop;
Built monasteries and churches, assisted the poor |
|
St.
Raymond of Pennafort
January
7
|
100 |
Confessor;
Zeal,
devotion, apostolic labors, sweetness, conversions, generosity to
the poor, associate of St. Thomas Aquinas |
|
St.
Thillo
(Theau,
Tilloine, Tilman, Tillo)
January
7
|
94 |
Monk;
Simplicity,
devotion, austerities, missionary work |
|
St.
Theodosius the Cenobiarch
January
11
|
105 |
Abbot;
Opposition to heresy, zeal, preaching |
|
St. Benedict Biscop January
12 |
62 |
Abbot;
Founded abbey, mentor of St. Bede the Venerable |
|
St.
Felix of Nola
January
14
|
"old
age" |
Priest
& Confessor; Conversions, miracles |
|
St.
Bonitus (Bonet)
January
15 |
86 |
Bishop
& Confessor
|
|
St.
Isadore of Scete
January
15 |
"old
age" |
Hermit,
Priest; Meekness, continence, prayer and recollection |
|
St.
Macarius of Egypt (Macarius the Great, Macarius the Elder)
January
15
|
90 |
Hermit;
Compunction,
humility, prayer, spiritual direction |
|
St.
Paul the First Hermit
January
15
|
113 |
Hermit;
Holy solicitude (ninety years of solicitude), miraculously fed
each day by a raven |
|
St. Honoratus
January
16 |
79 |
Bishop;
Founded abbey |
|
St.
Antony
January
17
|
105 |
Abbot;
Humility, charity, prayer, virtues, visibly assaulted by Satan,
miracles, many conversions, faithfulness from youth to extreme old
age
|
|
St.
Deicolus
January
18 |
95 |
Hermit;
Founded a monastery |
|
St. Marguerite Bourgeoys
January
19 |
80 |
Founder of religious houses |
|
St.
Wulfstan
January
19
|
87 |
Bishop;
Care for the poor,
sanctity, charity
|
|
St.
Euthymius
January
20 |
95 |
Abbot;
Constant prayer, humility, miracles, spent sixty eight years in the desert,
defender of the faith |
|
St.
Epiphanius
January
21 |
58 |
Bishop;
Sanctity, miracles |
|
St.
Dominic of Sora
January
22 |
80 |
Monk;
Built monasteries |
|
St.
Bernard
January
23 |
64 |
Archbishop
& Abbot; Founded monastery, holiness, discipline |
|
St. Ildephonsus
January
23 |
60 |
Bishop
& Abbot |
|
St.
John the Almoner
January
23
|
64 |
Widower
& Patriarch of Alexandria; Almsdeeds, piety, humility, propriety
in church
|
|
St.
Felician
January
24 |
95 |
Bishop
& Martyr; Missionary work |
|
St. Francis de Sales
January
24 |
55 |
Bishop
& Doctor of the Church; Wisdom, founded schools, writings |
|
St.
Macedonius
January
24
|
90 |
Anchoret;
Abstentious, many
miraculous cures |
|
St.
Titus
January
24
|
"old
age" |
Bishop
& Disciple
of St. Paul the Apostle |
|
St. Apollo
January
25 |
90 |
Hermit;
Miracles, founded a community of monks at age 80 |
|
St.
Poppo
January
25
|
70 |
Abbot;
Virtues, restorer of monastic discipline |
|
St.
Paula
January
26
|
56 |
Widow;
Virtue,
humility, austerities, assisted St. Jerome, built churches |
|
St.
Angela Merici
January
27 |
70 |
Founded
congregation for the religious education of girls, austerities,
visions |
|
St.
John of Reomay
January
28 |
100
[120] |
Abbot;
Helped institute monastic state in France, miracles |
|
St.
Paulinus
January
28 |
78 |
Priest;
Preaching, supported missionary work, opposed heresy |
|
St. Peter Nolasco
January
28 |
67 |
Ransomed Christian slaves |
|
St. Gildas
January
29 |
70 |
Bishop
& Hermit; Writing, wisdom |
|
St.
Aldegundis
January
30 |
54 |
Hermitess;
Founded a convent |
|
St.
Hyacintha Mariscotti
January
30 |
55 |
Austerities,
penances, founded congregations, charity. Was converted by
illness. |
|
St.
Francis Xavier Bianchi
January
31 |
72 |
Miracles,
prophecy |
|
St. John Bosco
January
31 |
73 |
Founder of the Salesians, care of boys |
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| Senior Saints
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|
|
|
Name*
Feast
Day** |
May
have lived
to age... (approx.) |
Attributes
may include... |
|
St.
Brigid (Bridget)
February
1 |
75 |
Abbess;
Charity, compassion, miracles, founded a monastery. Was a friend
of St. Patrick. |
|
St. Jane de Lestonnac
February
2 |
84 |
Widow;
Founder of religious institute |
|
St.
Aelred
February
3
|
57 |
Abbot;
Prayer, humility, fidelity |
|
St.
Ansgar (Anskar)
February
3 |
64 |
Archbishop
& Monk; Missionary work, preaching, austerity, miracles |
|
St.
Andrew Corsini
February
4
|
71 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Austerities, care for the poor, miracles |
|
St. Gilbert of Sempringham
February
4 |
106 |
Founder of religious order;
Suffered from blindness in later years |
|
St.
Joseph of Leonessa
February
4 |
58 |
Confessor;
Zealous apostolic labors; heroic suffering from cancer at the end
of his life
|
|
St. Nicholas Studites
February
4 |
70 |
Monk;
Defense of holy images |
|
St.
Amand
February
6
|
95 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Bravery, preaching, raising a dead man to life,
built churches, found monasteries |
|
St. Jerome Emiliani
February
8 |
56 |
Founder of hospitals, orphanages,
and a religious order |
|
St.
John of Matha
February
8
|
53 |
Founder
of the Trinitarians, ransomed Christian slaves
|
|
St.
Stephen of Grandmont (Muret)
February
8
|
78 |
Abbot;
Austerities, contemplation, miracles, |
|
St.
Apollonia
February
9
|
"old
age" |
Virgin
& Martyr; Courage
|
|
St. Cyril of Alexandria
February
9 |
68 |
Doctor of the
Church; Defender of the Faith |
|
St.
Teilo
February
9
|
"old
age" |
Bishop
& Confessor; Charity, courage, piety, learning, pastoral zeal,
successful preaching |
|
St.
Austreberta
February
10 |
74 |
Abbess;
Holiness, humility, miracles |
|
St. Scholastica
February
10 |
63 |
Abbess |
|
St.
Benedict of Aniane
February
11 |
71 |
Directed
and reformed monasteries |
|
St.
Antony Cauleas
February
12
|
67 |
Confessor
& Patriarch of Constantinople; Prayer, mortification |
|
St.
Catherine Dei Ricci
February
13 |
68 |
Prioress;
Mystic, prayer, assistance to the poor |
|
St.
Licinius
February
13
|
65 |
Confessor
& Bishop; Valor, piety, penance |
|
St.
Martinian
February
13
|
50
|
Hermit;
Sanctity, miracles
|
|
St.
Methodius
February
14
|
"old
age" |
Monk
& "Apostle of the Slavs" (with St. Cyril)
|
|
St.
Alexis Falconieri
February
17 |
110 |
Hermit;
Marian visions, helped found the Servites |
|
St.
Theodulus
February
17
|
"old
age"
|
Martyr
|
|
St.
Angilbert
February
18 |
74 |
Abbot;
Established library, began practice of continuous chanting in abbey |
|
St.
Colman of Lindisfarne
February
18 |
71 |
Bishop
& Monk; Founded monasteries |
|
St.
Leo
February
18 |
"old
age" |
Martyr;
Courage |
|
St.
Simeon (Simon)
February
18
|
120
|
Bishop of Jerusalem
& Martyr; Relative
of the holy family; patient suffering, holiness |
|
St.
Barbatus (Barbas)
February
19
|
70 |
Confessor;
Sanctity |
|
St.
Boniface
February
19 |
55 |
Bishop |
|
St.
Peter Damian
February
21
|
65 |
Cardinal,
Bishop, Doctor of the Church; Austerities, writings |
|
St. Margaret of Cortona
February
22 |
50 |
Penitent, founder of hospital, miracle worker |
|
St.
Polycarp of Smyrna
February
23
|
86 |
Bishop
& Martyr; Apostolic Father, immediate disciple of the apostles, courage, apostolic
spirit, charity, zeal, defender of orthodoxy |
|
St. Walburga
February
25 |
69 |
Virgin
& Abbess; Charity, meekness, piety |
|
St.
Alexander
February
26 |
78 |
Bishop;
Opposed Arianism, excommunicated Arius |
|
St.
Porphyry (Porphyrius)
February
26
|
60 |
Bishop;
Pastoral
zeal, penitential life |
|
St.
Leander
February
27 |
66 |
Monk;
Opposed Arianism |
|
St.
Thalelaeus the Hermit
February
27
|
"old
age" |
Hermit;
Compunction, ascetical life, zeal, conversions, frequent weeping |
|
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| Senior Saints
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|
|
|
Name*
Feast
Day** |
May
have lived
to age... (approx.) |
Attributes
may include... |
|
St.
David (Dewi)
March
1 |
"old
age" |
Archbishop;
Founded numerous monasteries, spiritual father of many
saints |
|
St.
Swithbert
March
1 |
66 |
Monk,
Missionary, Bishop |
|
St.
Ceada (Chad)
March
2 |
"old
age" |
Bishop
and Confessor
|
|
St.
Katharine Mary Drexel
March
3 |
97 |
Assisted
the Indians and African-Americans, founded a religious order |
|
St.
Winwaloe (Gwenno)
March
3
|
"old
age" |
Abbot;
Austerities,
piety, founded monastery |
|
St.
John Joseph Calosirto of the Cross
March
5 |
80 |
Confessor;
Holiness austerities, miracles, supernatural gifts |
|
St.
Agnes of Bohemia
March
6 |
77 |
Princess;
Built a hospital, set up clinics and a friary and convent, entered
religious life |
|
St.
Chrodegang of Metz
March
6 |
54 |
Bishop;
Defense of the Papacy, reforms, restored churches &
monasteries, founder of famous choir school |
|
St.
Colette
March
6 |
67 |
Virgin
& Abbess;
Humility, piety, sweetness, modesty, love of poverty |
|
St.
Ollegarius
March
6 |
77 |
Archbishop;
Preached a crusade, assisted the sick |
|
St.
Paul the Simple
March
7
|
"old
age" |
Anchoret;
Extraordinary humility, cures |
|
St.
John of God
March
8 |
55 |
Confessor;
Fervent conversion, penance, desire for humiliation, care of the
poor |
|
St.
Catherine of Bologna
March
9 |
50 |
Virgin
& Abbess; Zeal for souls, heroic patience, written works |
|
St.
Frances of Rome
March
9 |
56 |
Widow
& Foundress of the Collatines; Humility, obedience, prophecy,
conversation with her guardian angel |
|
St. Gregory of Nyssa
March
9 |
60 |
Bishop
& Father of the Church; Theologian, writings |
|
St.
Vindician
March
11 |
80 |
Bishop;
Encouraged conversions, supported the founding of monasteries,
reproved the King |
|
St.
Paul Aurelian (Pol)
March
12
|
100 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Fervor, goodness, many conversions |
|
St.
Theophanes
March
12
|
"old
age" |
Abbot
& Confessor; Founder of monasteries, defended use of icons, patient
suffering |
|
St.
Kennocha of Scotland
March
13 |
"old
age" |
Virgin;
Humility, meekness, modesty, devotion
|
|
St.
Nicephorus
March
13
|
71 |
Patriarch
of Constantinople & Confessor; Intellect, eloquence, defense
of holy images, founded monastery |
|
St.
Acepsimas
March
14
|
80 |
Bishop
& Martyr; Great courage |
|
St. Matilda
March
14 |
73 |
Queen;
Charity |
|
St. Louise de Marillac
March
15 |
69 |
Founder of orphanages and hospitals |
|
St.
Abraham
March
16
|
50 |
Hermit;
Prayers, penance, conversions |
|
St.
Agricola
March
17 |
83 |
Bishop;
Austerities, beatified churches |
|
St.
Patrick
March
17
|
72
[76] |
Bishop
& Confessor; "Converted Ireland" |
|
St.
Anselm
March
18 |
50 |
Bishop
& Monk; Holiness, learning, fought against lay investiture |
|
St.
Cyril of Jerusalem
March
18 |
70 |
Bishop
& Doctor of the Church; Pastoral labors, writings |
|
St.
Mark of Montegallo
March
20 |
71 |
Preacher,
missionary work, mortification |
|
St. Martin of Braga
March
20 |
60 |
Bishop |
|
St.
Benedict of Nursia
March
21 |
67 |
Abbot;
Holiness, austerities, miracles, founded monasteries |
|
St.
Deogratias
March
22 |
"old
age" |
Bishop
& Confessor; Redeemed and cared for captives, regularly visited the sick (even in weak old-age) |
|
St.
Nicholas Von Flue
March
22 |
70 |
Holiness,
wisdom. Lived on the Holy Eucharist for years. |
|
St. Joseph Oriol
March
23 |
52 |
Miracles, prophecies |
|
St.
Catherine of Sweden
March
24 |
50 |
Assistance
to religious congregation. Daughter of St. Bridget of Sweden |
|
St.
Basil the Younger
March
26 |
100 |
Hermit;
Survived attempted martyrdom, miracles, holiness |
|
St.
Lucy Filippini
March
26 |
60 |
Founded
schools, assistance to women |
|
St.
John of Egypt
March
27 |
90 |
Hermit;
Humility, obedience, preaching, prophecy, miracles |
|
St.
Guntramnus (Contran)
March
28 |
68 |
King
and Confessor; Repentance, piety, generosity, protector of the
oppressed, miracles |
|
St.
John Climacus
March
30 |
80 |
Abbot;
Writings, virtues |
|
St. Zosimus
March
30 |
90 |
Bishop
& Abbot; Care of the poor, educating |
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Top
| Senior Saints
|
|
|
|
Name*
Feast
Day** |
May
have lived
to age... (approx.) |
Attributes
may include... |
|
St.
Hugh
April
1 |
79 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Love of heavenly things; penitential works,
preaching
|
|
St.
Francis of Paola
April
2 |
91 |
Confessor;
Penance, charity, humility, miracles, founder of religious order |
|
St.
Richard of Chichester
April
3
|
56 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Charity, devotion, successful preaching |
|
St.
Benedict the Moor
April
4 |
63 |
Holiness,
miracles |
|
St.
Isidore of Seville
April
4 |
76 |
Bishop
& Doctor of the Church; Learning, founded seminaries and
schools, conversion, writings |
|
St.
Tigernach
April
4
|
"old
age" |
Bishop;
Founded abbey, continual prayer and contemplation. Lost his sight
in old age |
|
St.
Vincent Ferrer
April
5
|
69 |
Preacher;
Zealous apostolic labors, successful preaching, conversions,
miracles |
|
St.
Albert
April
7
|
80 |
Recluse;
Prayer, penance |
|
St.
Aphraates ("the Persian Sage")
April
7
|
"old
age" |
Anchoret;
Sanctity, miracles
|
|
St.
Hegesippus
April
7
|
"old
age" |
Father
of the Church; Church Historian |
|
St. Herman Joseph
April
7 |
91 |
Mystic |
|
St. John Baptist de la Salle
April
7 |
68 |
Educator,
founder of religious institute |
|
St.
Julia Billiart
April
8 |
65 |
Assisted
persecuted priests, teaching, established convents |
|
St.
Dotto
April
9
|
100 |
Abbot;
Founded monastery |
|
St. Gaucherius
(Gaucher)
April
9 |
80 |
Hermit;
Founded monastery |
|
St.
Fulbert
April
10 |
77 |
Bishop;
Rebuilt cathedral, fought simony, directed cathedral school |
|
St.
Alferius
April
12 |
120 |
Monk
& Hermit; Attempted reform of monasteries |
|
St.
Martius (Mars)
April
13 |
90 |
Hermit
& Abbot; Founded a community, holiness |
|
St.
Munde
April
15
|
"old
age" |
Abbot;
Founded monasteries, "left behind him many great models of Christian
perfection"
|
|
St.
Druon
April
16 |
84 |
Recluse;
Piety, devotion, assiduous prayer and manual labor |
|
St.
Paturnus of Avranches
April
16
|
"old
age" |
Bishop
& Confessor; Missionary work, conversions |
|
St. Galdinus April
18 |
76 |
Cardinal;
Rebuilt Milan |
|
St.
Alphege
April
19 |
58 |
Monk
& Hermit; Attempted reform of monasteries |
|
St.
Leo IX
April
19 |
52 |
Pope;
Reforms, miracles, condemned simony, promoted clerical celibacy |
|
St.
Anselm
April
21 |
76 |
Archbishop,
Theologian & Doctor of the Church; Defended the Filioque at
the Council of Bari, writings |
|
St.
Conrad Birndorfer
April
21 |
76 |
Marian
devotion, charity, prophecy |
|
St.
Malrubius
April
21
|
80 |
Martyr;
Austerities |
|
St. Gerard of Toul
April
23 |
59 |
Bishop;
Piety, preaching |
|
St.
Egbert
April
24 |
90 |
Monk;
Holiness, learning |
|
St. Euphrasia Pelletier
April
24 |
72 |
Founded convent |
|
St.
Phaebadius
April
25
|
"old
age" |
Bishop;
Fought against heresies |
|
St. Peter Armengol
April
27 |
66 |
Conversion,
ransomed Christian slaves |
|
St.
Turibius Alphonsus Moorobejo (St. Toribio)
April
27
|
68 |
Zeal
for souls, preaching, piety, devotion to the Blessed Virgin,
mastery of languages |
|
St.
Zita
April
27
|
54
[60] |
Virgin;
Virtue,
generosity, patience, many miracles |
|
St. Hugh the Great
April
29 |
85 |
Abbot
& Papal Legate; Founded hospital |
|
St.
Robert of Molesmes
April
29
|
83 |
Abbot;
Spirituality, founded abbey |
|
St. Joseph Benedict Cottolengo
April
30 |
56 |
Care
of the sick and poor, founder of charitable institutions |
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| Senior Saints
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